Adieu I
Adleo I The winda are blowing eouth ;
My M!I awing* in the harbor-mouth.
Peace 1 seek DO farther my delay ;
Prey ever for my eafn return j
Poor, piteou* facet, hide away
lour teare that ecald, yoar Upa that harm.
0 bleeeed home, now loet to view 1
My wietfti! eyee are eeoking yo,
And, ae the fading hiUa go by,
With all my yearning soul 1 cry,
Adieu! adieu]
Still eoathward blow the tedioae *rieda ;
Small enlace here the waud'rei Soda.
0 faithleee a pint of my yoath I
You breve me out upon the world;
Forsaking me too soon, fonooth,
Ere araiee ray banner* ere urfttrlad.
0 bwt-Norcd ! believe me true!
1 would the happy past renew j
Bat, drifting to an alien ahore,
My heart or e* out Fur evermore
Attirn ? adieu t
To-Sorrow.
To-d \y can sing of yesterday.
Hong* tender, tinct with aotrow ;
But unite she conic* .long the way
A 1-b -nuufiil T-M->irow!
Ht* face I* ftiH Of prophecies
Her lip* have aull witkhoUea,
Ami gating in her radiant eye*
Song turn* to tdence golden.
Hope rapt betide her pathway stand#,
A ska nothing but the naion,
And turnaat night with empty hand.,
dull dreaming of fruition.
Ab, Scanty ! aoon aa present, gone.
Moat fleet and moat beguiling ;
Why are oar heart* forever drawn
By that atiwuge. far-off trailing *
Why ia it that from new delay*
New faith they atiß can borrow 1
Oh, ia that among the .lay*
Come* Heaven'■ hrat gixsl-morrow ?
She will come in wit* so riarm*.
Under the HIM low porUl,
And clasp ua *• in mortal arm*.
And ww riiall torn immortal!
ON THE YERDIHREE.
Those were lively times on the Verdl
gree. The re<bkins had sent at their ul
timatum. There sat their envoy extraor
dinary, half naked, on his mangy steed,
•need and eqnipped for war, ar.d erect
and imjierturhable as Bismarck. The
noon-dav breeze just moved his trailing
scalp-lock, else he might have passed for
a painted statue. Herndon sat on a hewn
dab of oak. beating the -'long roll" with
the fragments of a broken ramrod. and
laughingly commanded s to fall into line.
Hot we had no trilling matter before u*.
Early that morning we had sparred our
ponies throngh the crystal tide of the
Ycrdigree, clambered up the western
bank, and after exploring one of the lov
lieet places that ever charmed the eye of
man. hail each selected a prolific tr*-t of
land, and determined to settle there for
life. The forenoon had Inten psased in
cntting timber fcr our cabins. But tlie
(calou* savages had resented our snmmary
proceedings, and had sent us a peremptory
summons to retire across the r ver, or pay
rh penalty of non-compliance with our
HTCS.
" Won't you just be kind enonzh to ride
out to that there mound there?" said
Ben, the bUck-inopsfacheTMis onrian. fo
the vsmiilion-d.-vnlied savage, who par
tially understood English. "We want to
talk this here thing over a little.** Ami
he pointed to a spot abont thirty yard*
distant as though he expected bis request
tn be hnmediatelr obeyed. Wheeling his
charger gracefully, the Indian acceded
without a word.
Our whole civil and military force had
been mustered for the occasion. There
were six of ns We were all yonng and
vigorous; every man had "seen service."
and that of the roughest kind. We held
aa imoromptu council of war.
"What do you think we'd better do,
boys?" inquired Ben. nonchalantly.
A silence then ensued ; each waited for
the other to speak first. At last, Texican
ventured to express an opinion. What his
true name was I never learned. From
"Texan." the frontier lingo had metamor
phoaed his title into "Texican," and by
that anomalous soubriquet we knew, re
spected and called hiin.
" I'm for a fight, boys," said he. "This
here land can't be beat nowhere; it's A
Number tine, and they ain't got any more
right to'lsre on it than we hare; and be
sides that, they ain't give h a decent in
vitation to leave. It wouldn't look well
for ns to travel off on terms like these."
And with a grating oath, he swore he'd
die in his boots before he'd get out of the
way of greasv o<a?es. He shot 'era any
how. every chance he got. Three seasons
preceding the Gomauehes had scalped hi*
father on the Texa# Hue. and brained his
sister with A war-club. We expected him
to talk in jnst this style.
"Yonjnst settle the matter tor yonr-
selve*. HOT*. vhaSirar it'* to be," inter
posed t)i \ii<-*>".rian. vawuing. m though
nothing more than an ordinary dilemma—
a mere deal in poker—was to be decided.
I thought it prudent to dodge the re
sponsibility and follow hi example.
" It's all eery well to talk abont fighting '
it out," remarked Col ton; " and it's likely
we've got as rooch aar.d in our craws a* 1
any of them, but what can six men do i
ag:nt three or fimr hundred f I don't '
Hke the wa* they talk, myself; but the '
game is all in their own hands, and they i •
know it. I had all the fighting I wanted •
in the w*r, shooting you Texas fellows, !
and don't want any more of it, if I can
help it. We might throw onr logs to- 1
gether and hold onr own till morning, '
hut it would tnrn out an ugly *rra|>e i>- '
fere we got through with it. We hav'nt '
got a drop of water, and we'd aoou run '
ont of provision*, and they'd dance over '
our bones in forty-eight hoar*. If the } 1
rest of you want to fight, why, fight it is;
but I think we'd better go a little slAw."
He was a young, blue-eyed, flaxen
haired Minneeotian. and the border ruf-'
' fin; a gave him credit for being aa cool as
wedge, and sharper than steel.
*'IH Ml you what I'm in for," said In
diana. Wc generally went by the name
of onr natire States. "We're all old vets '
in this military business, and we want to
use a little atrntegy with the vagabonds.
They've insulted us, and for one; I don't ,
feel like falling back without burning
powder. But it'sjnstas Minnesota saya
We can't tight'era all to anypnrpose. But
we may beat 'em after all. Now, I move
that we'll pick onr man, and they'll pick
ont theirs, and let the two aboot it out.
If their man wins, we'll evacuate; if onra
wins, well stay."
This novel proposition suited every one.
Herndon amended it by snggesting that
wv .shook! oast lota for the championship,
and that the fbrht should take place with
rides at twenty pares. This was declared
to l>e "getting things into shape; "and
we all cordially agreed to It. • Ben arose, i
and motioned importantly to the envoy.
That personage gravely rode up, received
our reply with stolid decorum, and was
out of sight in a minute.
" We'd better load np in the meantime,
boys," remarked Indiana; "for if it don't
suit 'em. they'll be after us in short order."
The idea was voted " aot bad;" and
we not only charged our rifles and revolv
-11 ert>, but flung our logs together in such a
manner as to form a very efficient defence,
if required. Herndon then kindled a fire,
procured water, and commenced cooking
dinner. In about twenty minutes the en
voy returned. Our proposition had met
with great favor, he briefly informed us,
but would not lie aacepted unless tho dis
tance was shortened to ten paces. He
also stated that tho contest would be ex
pected to continue until one of the prin
cipals was killed, and that knives or tom
ahawks innst be allowed to be used after
the discharge of the rifles.
" That's pretty close quarters, boys,"
commented Bon. " 1 got s slog once, on
just such a time-table. But I guess it's
all right though. They know they can't
shoot with us. Let's give the poor devils
a chance/'
tTo tbi* we all assented. For the toms
hawk provision, we cared nothing; we
knew the first shot would settle the inat
ter one way or the other. The messenger
went on to 6y that the warriors of the
tribe would be assembled to meet us in
one honr, at the crest ot a lofty eminence,
which he pointed out to ne, about half a
mile distant—we to be punctually on
hand; and he galloped off again.
Next came the task of aasting lots for
the poet uf peril- begao to realise
FREP. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. V.
that blood was to be ahed. It urea a eol
etun moment, for uo one could predict the
retail of tliv encounter. Indiana tor* up
one >f hie mother'* letter*, and plainly
writing each man'* name upon out of the
•dip*, placed them all in a hat together.
Tcxiean wa* then blind folded, aud deputed
to draw fir ut; whoever"# nam* wae on
the !ip he picked out. wa to be our
champion, //r drrtr Jiiserw !
" ll'a nil right, boy*," ho exclnimcd,
w hen the .result wa* announced. " You
couldn't please me better." Further than
thi* he **id nothing.
Then ensued a long and awkward si
lence. tor we all had our misgiving*.
Wlmn our inner w* ready despatch
ed it quickly, smoked a few moiaent*
without conversation, and tlieu reticently
monnteii our ponies.
On arriving at the designated battle
ground, we found several hundred Os*gv*
awaiting a*. *ll armed and painted, and
most of them entirely naked, with the
exception of breech cloths. Two lance*
w ere stuck in the turf about ten pare*
apart—these indicated the position* of
the combatant*. Ww were received with
neither friendly nor hostile demonstra
tion*. A* soon a* we dismounted, Texi
ean, ride in head, walked calmly forward
to the nearest lance, aud halted. In a few
moments, a tall young brave stepped out
ot the crowd, and stalked proudly up to
other. I wa* appointed to give the ne
cessary signals. In order to disturb their
accuracy of aim a- little a* jMissible, 1 wa*
tv-pi**ted to stand between them, and
two pace* back of the line of Era. There
was no danger of being hit by such marks
men as they were. In my right hand 1
held a lance, on the end of which dangled
a red flannel streamer; when I raised it,
they were to aiin ; when 1 lowered it, they
were to fire.
And then wo waited for lied Cloud, the
chief of the tribe. It was au impr*a*l\e
scene. Texicau leaned his shaggy chin
upon his hands, on the muzzle of his long
ride, and with a (fleam of malicious tri- I
uinph in his eyes, glared Tiercels across at 1
his foe. He was reckless of his own life I
and felt sure of his prey, for Ida aim was
death. The youug Indian seemed to read ;
his thoughts: hut standing erect, with a :
graceful and careless indifference, gazed j
dreamily off to the southward, where the
long blue Hues of timber were lost in the
misty beauty of the horizon, llis eyes!
s*M>n softened with a tinge of pensive sad
ness. Was he thinking of the happy
hunting-grounds? The other four mem
bers ot our party stood in a cluster a lit
tle to the left of Texican, and narrowly ,
watrhe<! all that transpired, for the Anier- '
ican savage is proverbially treacherous.
Presently Red Cloud emerged from a
rude lodge near by, and clad in a b>ng
robe of furs, moved with stately presence j
to the front line of his people. With a I
dignified wave of the hand, he sign died :
his pleasure that the tragedy should begin.
Karli principal recalled his thoughts, ex
amined the tube of bis ritle. ar.d nodded
tome. 1 raised the lance; they sternly
took aim. I lowered the lance quickly,
and two sharp reports instantaneously
followed. The young warrior sprang
wildly into the air, flung his weajx>n fully
twenty feet away, and dropped dead at
his post. The bullet had crashed through
his brain. Texican thudded the butt of
his ride on the ground, and gave vent to j
a hoarse, mocking, and half demoniac cry
of triumph and revenge; then he tried to'
steady himself with his weapon, but stag
gered helplessly backward. Hem don and
Indiana ran un and caught him in their.
-<njiS. llus red shirt rapidly deepened in
hue. and a dreadful alarm seized us. Still
he laughed hoarsely, and tried to point to
the motionless corpse of his adversary
We hurriedly gathered around him, and
lenderir as children laid him down on the
soft green grass. Tearing open his shirt, '
we found a bright, scarlet spt on his lett .
breast, close to His heart. None of us
were versed in surgery; we c<>qjd not.
state scientific spy jet what particular veins
and ligaments bnd been severed, tut W*J
knew by the location of the wound, and i
by his parched lips and pallid countenance,
tiat .!ath was upon him.
'• l:a all day with me. boys," lie faintly
said, for he was growing much weaker
every moment; " but I've paid 'em hand-,
soioely for it. Give uiy ritle to Colton— i
11 always like} hint"
W bent over the poor fellow with
words of sympathy for his pain, and
I praise for his valor, and our enemies might
have shot us all down without our know
j ing it. Hut it was ot no use. His beath i
j qnickly came and went. "Water," at
. length he groaned. We had none, ami
there was not a brook within half a mile,
i An Indian girl comprehended our want.
rn to the lodge, and in n inoineut return
ed with a skinful. We placed the cooling
rluid to his luirnrng lips, and he took a
long draught, but it choked him, and he
vomited dp a handful of bright crimson
blood. We had seen too many [icrish not
to know by tlds that the lead had pene
' trated his vitals, lie was (deeding in
' temallr. As soon as he contd clear his
throat to speak, he said feebly, and almost
| breatliiessly: "Hos t try to revenge me,
biya Ihwior bright. They have done
the fair thing with us, and you act the
man with them. You're to crossthe river,
and I'll Don't forget the Texican.'
1 The last of these words were rendered
almost unintelligible by the blood that
gurgled up in hi# throat. A film seeined
to gather rwr his eyes. -** Where srr my
friends? Don't leave me to die alone,
boys." 'he moaned with a great effort,
rfatcliirg If nd y at u. '
"We're with yon to the last, old friend."
answered Colt on, grasping his right hand.
I caught the other. We may have been a
faint-hearted lot, hut there was not an
unilimmed eye among no. Soon begemmed
almost inftudibly, a shudder passed over
him, and lie was dead.
Even the stony-hearted barbarians
seemed tooched by the distressful inci
dents of this sanguinary affair. Few ol
them could speak even broken English,
but such as could advanced toward us,
and by the aid of signa, endeavored to in
form us that their champion had expected
to die, and they urged that it would he
fitting to entomb two such hrsve men to
gether. We received their strangely chiv
alrous propo-al with magnanimity equal
to tlieir own. With spear* and toina
haws they exenvated a gruve; and wrap
ping the combatants in the rich robes of
the chieftain, we laid them down to rest
side by side—friend and foe alike lamented.
Then heaping a great pile of t/ine above
them to battle the efforts of prowling
wolves, we tired a volley in the air. and
with aching hearts departed. Aud there
they slumber still. One died for his
mends, and the other for the honor of
his tribe. The wistful summer winds sigh
a snd requiem above the spot of their long
repose, the wild-flowers blossom in vernal
profusion around it, and the showers of
heaven impartially descend upon the soft
verdure-that enshrines it.
A Cincinnati woman lately bailed her
busband out of the station-house, where
too much indulgence in the flowing bowl
had aent him, with the proceeds of her
hair, which waa unusually long and beau
tiful. He on his part grieved so much
at his faithful wife's surrendering her
beauty for his sake, procured a divorce,
and is expected to marry another woman
at an early day.
A DESPATCH from Arizona saya Marti
nery Station, ou Dale Creek, was captur
ed by the Apaches. Three men wart
killed, mx stage horses oaptorad.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Ihe New I'rllUh Printing-Jfacblue.
Our traneatlantic rontons are convtnced
that they have perfected, ut lu-t. a new*
(taper pi iutiug machine equal to Hoc"*
American oue, and ho*at of ita excellence
m ternia of the atrongeet character. It
• * called after Mr. XVultev, M P., of the
LmtoH 7\mt, the ** Walter Pre*M," ulul
the '• result* in *|iccd, fomouT, and ex
cellence of work, nrv anch ua t>> astonish
even those who have hud intimate know !•
edge of what hud previously been done
uud accomplished by Hoc* and other
fast printing• machine#." The Walter
Tress print* both aide* of the sheet ut
one operutiou. There is lee* ink used ;
fewer roller* arc required ; a diminished
number of blanket* ia demanded, und
we are told that "the wh-de detail* of
the machine are ao nituido and solid,
that, with ordinary care, there i nothing
liable to get out of order."
The aaye : "A* the .Srwhmaa
is n >w print- il, a reel of tightly rolled
paper, in the form in which it leave* the
liapor-uiill, fullv four uiilea in length,
and weighing nearly *ix cwt., ia placed
at one end of the niochine, ami in the
pnxv<s of unreeling i* damped, printed
first on oue side and then on the reverse
with unfailing precision, i* cut into
nhi-ets, aud delivered at the rate of twelve
thousand copie* per hour at the other
eml of the machine. The delivery i*
made on two IxMnl*. each of which re
ceives a sheet alternately. The board*
are watchad by I*l* who, notwithstand
ing the great aimed, have still time to
*e* that the work i properly done. The
sole attendance neceasanr are those two
lad* at the delivery Uurd*. aud a thud,
the atriker, who start* the machine ami -
looks after the rolls as they arc uu
wound. While printing, the paper
travel* through the machine at the rate
of nearlv one thonsaud feet |*r minute,
and a reel of pa|>er four mile* long is
thna printed in lesa than twenty-five
minute*. The delay in changing from
one reel to another scarcely exceeds a
minute, so that the production is tliu-i
almost continuous."
The Winter *f the Heart.
Let it never conic upon you. Live so
that good angels may protect you from
this moat terrible evil—winter of the
heart.
Let no chilling influence freeze up the
fountains of sympathy and happioenw in
its depths ; no Cold burden settle over
its withered hopes like anow on the faded
tlowrra ; no rude blast* of discontent
uioau and shriek through its desolate
chambers.
Your life path may lead you through
trials which for a time seem to impede
vour progress, and abut out the very
light of heaven from your anxious gate.
Dentil mav sever the dear ties lhat
bind you to earth, and leave you iu fear
ful darkness.
Do not lose your faith in IIIIUMD ex
cellence, liccause your confidence baa
been MO me times betrayed, nor believe
that friend-hip is only a delusion, and
love a bright phantom which glides away
from your grasu.
Do "not think that you are fated to be
miserable, lieeause you an* disappointed
in vour expectation* and baffled in your
pursuit.
Do not declare that God bus forsaken
you, who your way i* hedged ab >nt
"wi'h thorns, or rrpiue siufully when he
calls your dear one to that laud beyond
the grave.
Keep a holy trust in Heaven through
every trial ; bear adversity with forti
tude.
A Dream and lis Fulfillment.
Mr. Frauk Canflcld, who was kilhd re
cently. was betrothed to a young lady of
this town, and was 11 have been married
in two months. Wlien the train passed
here ou its way West, the youug lady
saw him. and that evening she was in
unusually light spirits. The next morn
ing at the brvukia-t t title her appouruuee
was so much the reverse of thie evening
tireriooa that it attracted the ntteutionol
ler mother, who asked her the cause of
her apparent trouble. The young lady
then upon reived to her mother Unit she
had dreamed that her lover had f.dlen
under the cars, and had le'H so seriondy
injured th.it lie had died in almnt two
hoars. Bbe hdd the circumstances as
she had seen iu her dream, how he lmd
fuih-ji and the etr wheel had terribly
crushed and mangled his left leg and his
left arm, and that he had lived in terrible
agouy for about two hour*. Her mother
endeavored to persuade her that there
was nothing in a dream, but to no pur
pose—.she could not drive it from her
mind. Aliout noon a aider of the yonng
man came to the house auil said site had
had news for her Site then related the
circumstance* of her brother's death,
corresponding iu detail with the dream
as told by the young lady sonic hours
liefore.— Javuttnvn Journal.
Tnr. HOOF AXD MOTTH PINPAKE.—
The Secretary of the U. S. Treasury has
written a letter to the Collectors of Cus
toms announcing that the department
has received official information that the
hoof and mouth disease, which prevailed
some time since ninong the cattle of the
Argentine Republic, lias entirely const d
to exist, no authenticated case of such
disease having occurred in that country
since July, IX7O. He therefore informs
them that the provision* of a letter from
I the deiirtroent, dated May 8, Ih7l,
requiring the production of a consul's
certificate showing the non-existence of
mcb disease, Ac., with each importation
ot cattle snd hide*; from the Argentine
Republic, are cancelled and revoked so
far as the importations from the Argen
tine Republic are concerned. Such im
portation* from Chili, however, arc still
j required to le accompanied by such
| consular certificates.
DrnA.nu.lTT or DIFTEKSNT WOODS.—
Experiment# have been lately made by
driving stick a, made of different woods,
each two feet long and one and a half
inches square, into the ground, only a
half inch projected outward. It WON
fonnd that in Ave year# nil those made of
oak, elm, a*h, fir, Bott mahogany, and
ntfriy every variety of pine, were "totally
rotten. Larch, hard pine and teak wood,
were decayed on the outside only ; while
acacia, with the exception of licing alao
alightly attacked on the exterior, was
otherwise aoand. Hard maliogany and
cedar of Lebanon were in tolerably good
condition, lint only Virginia cedar won
found UB goid as when pnt in tbe ground.
This is of some importance to builders,
showing what woods should be avoided
and what others used by preference in
underground work.
A* ESOMKH FASHION. —The English
fashion of weddings is becoming quite
popular here. The bride is attended at
chnrch by six bridesmaids, who walk in
couples up the aisle, there being no
groomsmen. There arc also six ushers,
who, after the ceremony, take the place
ot groomsmen, and conduct the brides
maids from the church. The bride walks
up the aisle with her father, and the
groom waits for her at the altar steps,
having entered previously at a side door.
A DITFEUXNCK. —At a gathering in
Australia not long since four persona
met, three of whom were shepherds on a
sheep farm. One of these had taken a
degree at Oxford, another at Cambridge,
the third at a German university. The
fourth was their employer, a squatter,
rich in flocks and herds, but scarcely
able to read and write, much less to keep
kieeeoounhu
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., l'A., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1872.
Ilrlllsh India.
I All British officers acknowledge H't
• England liita a very fruil hold ou ludia,
t and that it could not liuld it a day wtlb
> out an arm v over 900,000 strong Never-
I thchvui, lt grip ia grouft-r uud closer now
than ever before. 1\ rnv nothing if the
I reaction iu favor of British power ineo j
it noedcd tin* tvrrilde mutiny, it* railroad
i and telegraph system are wortii to it
UK',DUO soldier* or mow. And thaw la
' no ooufldcuoe botwecn Englishmen, and
- Hindoo*, aud Mohouietitus. Thaw ia uo
troud of nuitv in any way, riiupt that of
force. The raits ore iu all r|n*ata rr
: puguant, th oue to th other. To in
civm its security, tlir Governmmit
I j makes up tin* native regiments about oue-
I boir from Hindoos, and the other Sln
: liouiotana ; and it relies more upou the
:; Sikh soldier th.iu u|>ou any other —the
Sikh from the up oountry, who has great
contempt for the men of the plains—the
Sikh, who, iu the last mutiny, stood faith
j ful when everything also was dropping
away. Education is doing something to
; soften the mistrust of rave ; but Christian
missions, as yet, seem to t> doing little j
or nothing. Education, however, at tlrt, j
only makes Deists of Hindoos and Ma- j
> houu-taua. It takes uwtis- from tb< in all ■
resjHet for their owu euatoms, style it
eanuot sever them from the associatmua
of their brethren and kiudred. They lose
their rwpeet for the Koran and the Ve
das, and yet thev have no more respect
for the biltle. lint doubtless, this is a
prove-a through which the heathen mind
has to go before it can comprehend Ue
j sublime truths of Christianity. Am-ofil
ing to the best authorities, the Hindoo
• Pantheou ia peopled by precisely 333,-
j (XK',oot> gods—and aneh a lot of divinities,
iof course, are not to be got rid of iu a
hurry ! Then, the castes are not to be
i broken down without tremendous social
I tru-,glea. The Brahmins, even, count j
2,tXKI separate distinct fnm.ltet of their
i order alone. Then, the abominahh
■ castes in some parts of India—that is, the
J outcasts—tut-uumber tlnae Brahmins iu j
j the projHirtiou of three to one, exclusive ,
of the othir impure and very low tubes I
Bunkers in B-mgal rank below l*arben I
Hut I shall not write a hook on cistea.
Nor shall I dwell more uj>n the Indian,
as contra-ted with the European—fur
what can I know, iu my (light over and
tiir >ugh the land * All 1 can give ia irn
pitMMona ; and one <4 the mast vivid of
my impression* is, that the Indian it far
inferior to the Chinese or the Jajmneee.
in almtuit every quality that er>ea to make
up the iujui - Ije.ur frnm Jtnut Brvolc
The Vagabond Huge.
An old man of very active physiog
nomy, answering to the name of Jacob
Wiltn >t, was brought t the Police Court
His clothes looked as though they might
have been bought second-hand iu his
vouthiul prime, for thev auSercd more
from rubs of the world lLan the proprie
tor himself.
"What bnainess?"
" Noue. I'm a traveler."
" A vagabond, |H-r)u>ps V
" Yon are not far wrong. Travelers
and vagabouds are about the same thing.
The difference ia that the latter travels
without money, and the former without
brains."
•• Where have yott traveled ?"
" All over the continent."
" For what puqioae ?"
" Otiecrvatioo.'
" What have you observed T"
" A little to commend, much to een
snre and a great deal to laugh at."
•' Humph ! what do you commend V
" A handsome woman who will stay at
home ; au eloquent q>rt-urher who will
preach abort sermons; a good writer
that will uot write too unich ; and a fool
that has sense enough to hold his
tongue."
" What do yon censure ?"
• A man that marries a girl for lier fine
clothing; a youth who studies tni-Jicitie
while he has the uv of his hernia ; and
the people who will elect a drunkard to
office "
" What do rou laugh at *"
'• 1 Liugh at a man who expect* liis
position to command that respect which
hi* personal qualifications and qualities
do not merit."
Ha was dimissed.—//cra/J.
A M Y.<Tr.iiY —Birmingham, England,
line got ita mystery now. and gloats over
if. A commercial traveler for a firm of
brnsa-cnatera and bell-fou.iders had been
sometime in Ruaaia on Jiusiuesa of tlie
tirrn. lie returned to London, and Ins
employers had been for some days ex
pecting to nee him in Birmingham, when
a letter enmc to them bearing tbe Lon
don postmark, nud purporting to lie
written by tbo missing traveler. The
letter sta'cd that the writer was n mem
ber of a Russian secret ww'.y ; tb: t for
some offence, he* was detained in Lon
don am) had been eondetntied to death,
and in a week the seutenee would be ear
ricil into rffeet. His Inggage, the letter
stated, would )>e fouini at hia hotel.
Nothing further was heard of tbe matter
for a week, when the Arm received
another letter, also dated London,"
hut written in broken English, inform
ing them that their traveler was dead
ami hune.l according to the regulations
of the society. The firm placed the
matter in the hands of the police, but
nothing hns jyet lieen heard either of the
traveler or his luggage.
A Wow STOUT Tin- main street of s
village of reutral I tubs, where children
were always nt play, ran down the slope
of the hill; ami while one of two wolves,
which was smaller than the other, would
esconre itself behind some low bushes
between the village and the hill, the
ether would go round to the top, and
watcliiuf? au opportunity, race down
ttirough 'lie street, nicking up a child
l>y the way. and making off with it t*>
the thick cover of the ravine. At first
the people used to pursue, and some
times make the marauder drop hia prey;
but, as tliey said, finding that in thut
onse the eompanion wolf usually suc
ceeded in carrying off another of the
children in the confusion, while the
first was usually so injur. il aa to l> lie
yond recovery, thev ended, like phleg
matic Hindoos, as they were, by letting
them take just aa many of their offspring
as they wanted. An infant a few years
old had thus been carried off the morn
ing of mv arrival. It is scarcely credi
ble that i cmld not at first obtain suffi
cient lieaters to drive the cover where
those two atrocious bcasta were gorging
their nnholv moid.
Witikkhy. —The telegraph hns been
nacd fo give a very prominent advertise
ment to a certain firtu in Louisville, who
wc arc tobl have effectually cornered the
market in old whiskey by buying np all
of the article iu the country, the aggro
gate purchases having reach.*! 5'1.000.000.
In Western Pennsylvania there is genu
ine old whiskey, in various hands,
amounting to millions of dollars in value,
there tieing nearly 18,000 barrel* held in
the city of Pittsburg alone. It is very
likely ttiat the Louisville firm has made
large purchases ot certain brands of
Bourbon whiskey ; but it is folly to talk
of oorneiing the market even on that ar
ticle wheu any desired brand of choice
old Beurlioti can tm manufactured and
supplied in New York City on forty-eight
hours' notice. Ho long as lectificd spirits
are plenty and drug stores are accessible,
there will never be any scarcity of superior
old whiskey n this count)y.
Tire Maine Legislature baa passed the
Suvinga bank bill taxing deposits one- half
of one per oeut. par annum.
Along the lludsan.
It was In tha cvculog gray
laic I Wcuilsd alow tujr asj
By that calm ami si leu t river,
Itolliuit amoothlj down forever.
As I wandered on almve,
Over vhiuh ami over aloue,
Hadikuiug fancy srelwed lu aay,
" tllooiujr |tnls coaaeii tbla way.*
OVr the leaves, crmp'd, old and dun.
To ami fro the ahadowa run,
And where'er I turned my eye,
Hbadee of aptrits hovered uigh.
Nilcut and in thoughtful nood,
hear Ihs laving etib 1 atood,
Watching, waluug-thinking o'er
Friends upon a distant ahure.
Oaauig on the vapors where
All arouud eeew'd peopled air,
goaiethlug in Una heart aaa moved.
Which one gktaua of aolaee proved.
Hat lhe dark blab waters roll'd,
And the myaUc vapors told
Of the shaduwa on my breast -
.shadows inner fluding rest.
Ilrarte, oire trne, aerm'd turned to stone,
Aud my sors douse, darker grown ;
Am) my at>ul, ui tuomAooe,
Wept and wailed. ' Alone-alone ! *
Then I turned to memory's bier.
Where my hope* lay cold and star—
Where each thought of Itft-'a vmmg bloom
Prtaa'J tut downward 10 the tomb.
Hut what made me miter mure.
When I thought on friemla of yore,
I could ft el no moistened eye:
had draiut-d them sit ha etgb.
Oh. why this aonl of longing hopes.
Why this gluuia tbrougb which it gropes,
W by UUe {cor, and doubt, and love.
If there tv no balm above T
On my ear, from vale and glen,
Oattte the ahonta of hvtag men;
Hut my fancy, chiding, said :
"They are voices of tbe dead.*
Ob. shadows, which are spirit land.
Tou charm and hold m whore I stand.
And whils 1 breathe and see that hn-ath
I fed a eUangr and subtle dealh.
Hj A F JTAV-mo*.
LOVE IX l WINTER PALACE.
It was in the year IM3£. At the court
of St. Petersburg there lives! at that time
a yo'tng latljr to lovely, to chinning, so
lieautiful, tbat it bad almost ; awed into a
proverb among the conrtiera tbat tbe must
powerful monarch, if be bad met her in a
peasant's cut, would bsve turned his hack
on all the prince**** ol Europe, and would
have ofletvd her his hand and bis throne.
Thia young lady, bom In the shadow of
proud throne of ca.rw was Maris the cldcit
daughter of the Ktuj-en* Nicholas.
She bad juat attained her nineteenth
rear; and when her father beheld her,
blooming and flr-arrant like the flower* ol
May, e-d aw that marly every crown
pr-ttee in Kurupe entertained the hope at
winning the bcart and hand of thia match-
Iras locality, be commenced himself looking
ab.oit for tbe moat eligible, tbe worthiest,
and tbe mot powerful contort for bis ilar
ling.
'• Dear Maris," aid he one day to the
princess, with the kindest smile which hi*
stern featurr* could command, " you an
no old enough to think ol getting mar
rted pretty soon. There are quite a num
tier of suitors for your hand, sad, alter
mature drhbention, 1 bare *elccted for
your cons it a prince whom doe time will
make you a qureti, but whq is, at tbs same
time, a man who will make you happv
The prioress blushed ami grew pale at
the same moment.
'• You keep silence! Can it be possible
(hat you have made already a choice fur
yours*lll Tell me honestly and amcercly.
Mans n
The young princess still remained silent ;
but the trembling nervousnr** became an
violrnt that she was on the point of faint
ing.
" Sneak out frankly and openly, Maria,"
•aid the csar, in a gentle tour. 1 command
Tb* prineeav threw herself at the fret of
(be car. For a moment she wss untitle to
otter anil bin* but moans ami s>gb. am*
to clasp tbe knees et brr latber with a
convulsive grasp. llut then, ovrtvomiar
ber (-motion ana ber I car, she raised ber
hands imploiintly toward tbe emperor,
and said, in a voire almost stifled be bet
tear*, " A Tn cimmami me to anrslt the
trutii, 1 will be sincere to yon. Yes. 1
bate made my own cboire! My Lcart &
no longer my own. It belongs in a i oung
man wi.o dttes not know that I lore him
wbo will never know it, if sueb tte your
willl lie has seen me only at Iretjt inter
vals ; wr have exchanged only a few words
witb cuch otbrr, and il you vrisb, we will
never speak to each other again."
Nicholas made no reply. He had grown
pale, aiid, a* he was won't to do in the
moments ot his greatest and most painful
excitement or anguish, he paced to sod Iro
tLiougli tli<'spacious apartment. This si
lent walk lasted three or lour minutes,
during which the princess remained in a
kmi-lirg attitude, waiting for the address
of her father, and not daring to inter
tupt his meditation.
Evidently he was anxious to learn tha
name ol the happy mortal who, as it ap
peared, had won without an etturt, witu
oii a contest, the priceless jewel winch he
held dearer than the crown ot Russia it
seß, the heart ot Mans—and yet be was
afraid of this name! He, tbe all powerful
monarch, wbo for a mere whim would
bave defied tha uuited armies of Europe,
trembled at the roei* thought of hearing
the name of tbe young mati wbn disputed
with him the pnsggsaion of his most prec
ious Jwxl. But at last he recovered his
self-command.
" Is be n king 7" he asked.
"No, father.''
" Hut at least the son of a king 7"
" No, lather."
•• Ah! Then ho ia not a crown prince 7"
" No, fattier,"
After every new question, in this down
ward descent in the social scale froui the
very pinnade of hutuau great uses, the cxar
made a short pause, during which ha grasp
ed for breath.
" Is be a lorvig cr7" ha asked, with a
painful effort.
" Yes, lather."
The etnpcrur, as if overwhelmed and
crushed by this terrible information, sank
iiark upou his cbair, and covered bis -face
with both his hands.
The grand duchess did not dare to stir
or to speak. Quietly, like a victim wait
ing lor the death-stroke of tbe rxecuflonrr,
•tie bowed her lieautiful head, ready to
undergo lb wrath of tbe emperor, which
might burst upon her bead at any mo
ment.
"Is this man whom you love in Russia 7"
the emperor at lavt resumed his examina
tion.
" Yea, yoor majeaty."
"Ah ! He is here, in St. Petersburg?"
Yes, father."
The voice of the grand duchess grew
lainter and fainter, snd for the second time
it rccnicd as if the anguish and emotion of
her heart would ovorjower her physical
strength. But as if to eonterbilenee these
impressions, snd to dispel her nervousness
by his sternness, the csar suddenly asked
her in a menacing tone.
'• And where can 1 sec him ?"
" Yeu can see him to-morrow morning
at the military review."
" And how am 1 to recognise him 7" *
" By the green plumage on his bat, and
by bia splendid black horse."
'• Vwrv well f shall lordt out lor him "
replied the rear, aud duuiisard hi* daugh
ter without another wend.
Tue grand duchwaa, almost paralysed
with tear and fjutuuicut, reeled out of
ibr room.
A* soon as tbr rtaj wa* alooe be began
to pace the room in the ruo*tviolent apita
t ion. The trem-ilou* mot ion of hi* lip* and
the frightful pallor which mantled hi* o-'
We features gav* evidence ot the tempest
raging in bis breaat. A terrible struggle
took place tu the heart of this proudest
monarch ot modem timet, between his
pride aud Lis patcraal love.
"F-haw 1" he ejaculated at last; "the
wl.o'e affair )* nothing but a ridiculous
whim of >1 aria's. I am footiah, indeed,
to attach ao mocli importance to it, and to
allow mvaell to he alarmed. She will scon
get over her childish tancy. She must for- 1
get it! 1 shall outnpol her to bwget it!"
But the very moment he had come to
this pet emptor/ cooduwou of crushing the i
ti-uder flower of love tu the heart uf hi* j
daughter the tearful face of the young
girl flitted before hi* imagination, and ap
pealed to his heart, which throbbed warmly
tor her. ,
On the day following, tbe eagle eye of
tbe etar looked with strange restlessness
at tbe brilliant spectacle of tbe military
review which una passing before Lieu with
all tbe splendor and regularity of a grand
>pvra performance. Hurriedly tbe cur
glanced Irooi one reglmrnt to another, as
if searching for one aingle object of greater
importance to htm than alt tbe revt ot the
world. Not one of the prua-es and gener
als surrounding him dared to interrupt or
to a<idrva him, lor there was a frown on
tha luvw ol Nicholas which seemed to be
|aw tenuis* ola terrible storm. With aome
disapiointimot tbe rear suddenly turned
round to Prince fiafifiin. one ol hi* aids,
a If to mahr an Inquiry, bur at tbe same
moment be closed bis lips, which be Had
already oprned, and btv eyes remained
tixrd up u • rouug oiloer m his aw n suite
whom one of tint gioup of officers iu the
rear of toe emperor bad until then onn
< ealei from Ins vit-w. Tbe young officer
was the very id.-rd ot manly beaut v and
grace, and the splendid unlfarm of • "Bava
rian Colonel of ralvalry seemed to be tbe
most appropriate to set off bs personal
e larnw u> the greatest advantage. There
aaa a thoughtful aud kind rxpreaalon iu
his face which immediately pecrv war-teed
the beholder iu lilt ftvor, while the elastic
mould ol bis features bad been equally ad
mired in bis father and bis grandmother
both of whom bad played conspicuous
parts in tbe history of Europe. Tbe young
in so, who attracted the emperor's atten
tion both by the large toft of green Iratb
cra in bW hat and by the splendid black
steed Is mounted, was nunc other than
the young Dukr of Ireucbtenbefg, tbe aon
ol Eugene RcauharnsK and the grand-ou
cf tbe Empress Jo-epbine, NapolcunHi fliat
wife.
An exclamation both of surprise and re
lief rtcaprd the lips of the caar. lu the
tmiakliag ol an eye he Lad comprehended
hon difficult it tvwuhl he to get such an
accomplished lover oat of (he way, hut, at
the same time, the thought of the high de
scent ol the object of his daughter's atke
lion conaolt-d him a little. The t>ck< o
Leurh ten berg was the son of Prtacr Eu
gene by hi* marriage with the daughter ol
the King of Havana; tot. If not the son ol
a king, he *■, at ka*t,ibr grandson of a
king by hn mother, and the grandson ol
au empress by his lather. This was some
thing to compensate for the loss ola crown
But, at alt event*, the ctsr resolved to
•end the Young duke away from St. IMer*
hurt, and to dtwnias Mm ia such a manner
as to give him to und-rstsnd that it would
be better for bin.not tomtom. He turned
to one of his aids, and ordered the Dukr
of Leucbteuherg to appear hefjte him.
In two minutes the duke was In the
presence of the caar. But at the vety
moment when Nicholas, with a stern and
almost Contemptuous face, turned toward
him in order to Ml him to leave the capi
tal and the empire within twenty-lout
hours, he cast a aide glance at the imperial
earns pr, in which both the eta pre** and
the Grand Duchess Maria wriu witnessing
the review. And the sight which there
presented itself to bis eyes restrained the
words which he wts about to utter ; for.
with a faint cry of terror, the yonng grand
due be** (ell back In a swoon upon her seat.
She bad fhlk>w ed with her eyes every mo
tion of UT lathee, and when the saw bin
sending foe the Duke of Leuch'enhcrg.
ami the moment which was to decide her
happiness or misery throughout life wai at
hand, her ft-ar and rmotlon had overcome
her linnuesa.
Witbout saying a word to the duke, hut
only casting on him a mrwncing flatter. the
emperor turned bis borse and galloped of!
toward the carnage.
For six vreexs the cgjr employed all
possible means to divert tbe grand duchess
lumu IsbT infatuation for the young German
duke. I'efNussion. kindness, arveritv,
threats, intruruce—everything was tried ;
ht everything proved rain and futile.
At the eloe of the first week the grand
duchess seemed composed and quiet; at
tbe close ot the second ale cried and wept
in secret; at the close of the third she
wept openly ; at tbe close of tbe fourth
week she took tbe bcroical resolution to
sacrifice her lore, and perhaps her life, to
the enmity of ber father; at tbe clow ol
the fifth she ess ou ill (hat ber physicians
grew alarmed at tb* state of her health ;
at the dose of tbe sixth she might haw
died but for the assurance of tbe emperor
that she should marry tbe Duke ot Li-uch
tenbrrg.
While hia lady-love was being exposed
to such terrible trlab, the Duke of Leocli
tenberg could not fail prreeivtng that, for
some reason unknown to him, he had lost
the grace of bis emperor. He did not
dare to make anv further inquiries which
might have informed bim of tne cause, hut
msde up his m>nd to return forthwith to
Munich, in*tcsd of submitting to tbe whim
of ana utoctat to whom he owed no alio
stance. He was jro* on the point of cxecu
ting this plan, and had alread) fixed upon
a dav for his departure, when one afteroma
an officer of the emperor's staß appeared in
his room and ordered bim to report at once
to the emperor.
It was not without tenon* misgivings
and apprehensions that the young duke
obeyed this order, which, under toe cir
cumstances, seemed to forbode ill to him.
Dnt it was ton late now to avoid the storm,
alter having neglected to uruflt by the
diet indication* of its approach.
When he entered the private cabinet ot
the crnr, Nicholas was standing before the
marble table, up >n which books, papers,
and charts were spread out in the greatest
disorder. The emperor looked pale, and
bis eye was vailed as though a tear waa
onlv held back by the force of hia iron
will. Hut bis countenance showed aa
much firmness and energy as ever before.
" Colonel," said tbe emperor, fixing his
penetrating eye upon ths frank counte
nance o( tlu- young duke, "vou are one ot
tbe handsomest officers in Europe. I bave
been told—and undoubtedly jutly—that
your minu is eu tivatcd and refined : that
you are a connoisseur of arts and litera
ture, an admirer of science, and that your
character beats a striking resemblance to
that of your noble father and vour illus
trious grandmother. wb, you will remem-
Iwr, had no more devoted admirer in Eu
rojie than my own brother, the late Cxar
Alexander. This is what I have beer, told,
and, as hr as I bave had an opportunity
to observe you, I am satisfied that I bave
been correctly informed. Now, Sir, will
you bo sincere enough to tell mo, with
out %ny reserve, whether you know my
daughter, the Grand Duchess Maria, and
what you think of hcr7"
The young duke was struck with aston
ishment at this question, propounded to
bitti ao directly sod abruptly. Hi Lad
•can the princevt aeveral time*; ba bad
tfrii epoktß to bar onca or twice, awl
could uot belp admiring ber beauty and
luiiUmm. But tba idea bad now eroa*-
ad bia uitud that tba grand ducbaM. who
• u known to be tbe favorite daugblx-f at
tba as*r. could ever ba tba aim of bu aa
wcatbna.
•• Tbe tii and Duchaaa Maria, Sire!" be
exclaimed, alter otuc bmution, while a
deep oluab nautled oil beautiful fcaturea.
M I am afraid your aye would annihilate
lac if I abould tell you what I think of
ber; and yat I would die with Wy if yonr
majruty would permit me to glee cxprea
ion to my admiration lor tba grand
durheaa."
"That U to aae tbat yoo love my daugh
ter, duke!" said tba emperor, wbiie a
kind and benreolent *miie irradiated bit
feature*, and ba beld out the aute band
from wbicb the duke bad expected to re
ceiee a decne of exile, to the aatonivb
mctif of tbe young man. and drlieered to
him a enromiwdno appointing Joseph Eu
gene B--aubiniai, Duke ot Lcucfcteiiberg,
Adjutant-General of the Empefw. Com
mindardn-Cbief of tba Mounted Guards,
General of Caralry, Director ol the Mil
itary Academy, Pieiiilrnt of the Academy
of Acta, and .Vlrtnbcr of the Academic* of
Science* at St. Petersburg, Moscow, K*an
etc , etc. At tbe ame time a decree of
•he czar conferred upon bim tbe title of
•'lmperial lligbnca*,'' and an annnxl reve
nue of three million ruble*.
"Now, duke." aaid Nicbolaa, after tbe
•bort pause during which tbe young nun
had, ai in a dieatn. glanced orer the pa
per, "art you now willing to leave the
kt-rriee of your aoeercign, tbe King of Ba
varia, to remain with ua, and to become
tbe buaband of tbe Grand Ducbeaa Ma
ria T"
Tbe young duke wa* too profoundly
moved to make any verbal reply. But be
bent a knee, and preyed bia Hp* upon tbe
band of tbe emperor, wbo had *o gene
tou*lv bestowed upon him rank, wealth,
and }be toot preeiou* thing within hia gift
—the band ol hi* daughter.
"Ah. ray aon." aaid Nicbolaa. alfc-ction
ateij, while at la-t tear* buret from bi
eyca,-'jou aee how inu:h 1 loee hr!"
And fce'iaiaed tbe dake from ba kneeling
attitude, and preaaed bim lendly to hia
heart.
The next day the young grand dncbcaa
wa* given beck to life, and a few month*
afterward tba wedding waa celebrated
with tbe **me splendor a* if really tbe
ui'*t powerful sovereign bad msrrud tbe
moktboautdul prince** iu Europe.
What H'ander Bcev
More than fifty raara ago * young man
lived in • Western rity, and, as ■ druggist.
w accumulating property, possessing
tli respect and confidence of the com
tnuuity. a< was proved by the fart that as
he era* about starting to the East to lay
in Mock, the cashier of a hank handed him
a p ickajee of money in biib to be handed
to a bank officer io Philadelphia; being
very obliging, he received the package
ana promised to deliver it prompt! y.oc hie
arrival, which he did; the eeshier of the
bank to whom he delivered the billa looked
over them heatily. pieced them in a draw
er. saving it WM "correct" and went on
with Lie writing. Now for the singular
sequel;
A nmnth later the Western hanker
came to the yovng druggist and informod
hint that a hill of a large denomination
was misting. The yonng man aaid lie did
not know how that could be. for he had
delivered the package a* he had received
it that the Eastern banker bad looked iv
over, pmnonnced it correct and that he
thought hie respotislblity ended tliere.
The facta stood thne: two prominent
'IUMUM men. in responsible positions, on
one aide, and the unsupported suv-so of a
voting drnggiel on the other; the odd*
were too uneqnul. and the yonng man had
to go to the wall; the commnnitv with
drew their patronage and their confidence;
hie business was broken up; he firet at
tempted one thing, then another, but a
ci<md seemed to hang over him.
Year* rolled on. The etory was handed
down from one to another, and new
content imbibed the prejudices of tlie old;
and twenty years later there wa an odium
attached to hie character, so that at the
I mention of hi* name there was that falling
of the countenance which meant, 'mo con
fidence." The young droggist became an
old man, hut never succeeded In retraining
the social position be bad lost. He died
in Coventry. The old de*k was taken to
a shop to be repaired. On removing the
drawer, the mbsirg Wank hill was found
to have been lodged behind it.
Nursery and Child** lleapita).
Tha eighteenth annua) report of the
Nanmry and Child's Hospital, to which is
now attached a lying in deportraeut.
shows that the mortality among the chil
dren provided tor in that institution did
not exceed hut year'.sreutr-flve per oent,
a result that Pan only be accounted for
by the fact that this institution lis* a
branch hospital aituated ou Htatcn Island,
whither the children are usually seal
The mortality among foundlings, both in
this countrr "and in Europe, baa usually
been from fifty to seventy-five per cent,
in large hospitals aituated iu cities.'
There hns never, we believs, been an in
stanee when it approached no insignificant
a rate n that exhibited in the report ot
the institution in question, which not
only carea foY disowned infant*, but far
ther contributes to the d iacoiiragemrnt
of infanticide by providiug for those un
fortunate females wbo have been over
taken by misfortune, and who might but
for the beneficial influence of tbia or some
similar refuge, become the victims of
atiortiouikta or the murderer* of their
own offspring. The report makes the
gratifying statement that though the
hopes" of reforming these erring sisters
by extending to them the hand in a spirit
of charity ai d love are not always real
ised, there is rcaaou, in (he majority of
case*, to rejoice in the fruits of the labors (
that ma hi stowed. This admirable in
stitution ia under excellent moral and
medical care, and includes in its Hoard
of Managers manv of the moat respecta
ble and most estimable wives and moth
ers in this charitable community, wbo
are untiring in tbeir exertions to make it
a source of a reformation to the erring
and the friendless. — N. Y. Paper.
TUB POMBBOT CAM.— The snswar to
the complaint of Budie E. Wilkinson, of
New Haven, Oonn.. for breach of prom
ise of marriage against Mark M. Pome-*
roy, was filed in the Clerk's office of the
U uited titntes District C.nrt t Kew York.
The defendant denies that he ever, at any
time or in BUT manner, solicited the plniu
tiff in tnarnage, and tliat the plaintiff
was unmairkd at the time alien she
avers he promised to marry her. The
I defendant further alleges that at the time
' aforesaid he wua a married man, and in
iwpahle of entering into a marriage con
tract, and that this the plaintiff well
knew ; and he further Fays, that at the
aforesaid timer, "the plaintiff was habit
ually intemperate, and of a violent dis
position and temper," etc., etc.
Tar. body of Clement MoCaualand.
Deputy United States Marshal, was found
eighteen mile* from Frog Point, Dakota,
he having perished in the recent terri
ble atorm while panning an escaped
prisoner.
SOTTDAY OCT.— Betsey. "Shall yon
be a-goin' out this a'temoon, marm?"
Mistress. "I think not, Betwy." Bet
sey. "Cos y*r k cnn jf yer I dpj>*t
want to go oat"
TERMS : Two DolUra A Tear, in Advance.
Uilai la Hew Tarlu
Eli Perkins baa bees visiting the poor
1 ! of New York. He SOTS :
The A rat lint we rioted was occupied
hf a sturdy Germs a, bis wife, sod sis
children. The lord of the manor was
smoking a oherrv pip*. As we passed
into the little 7* yard, a big hull pup
made a leuge for as. but soon asm* to
the end of hie chain, where he bang
with his month open. He nasbad his
teeth snd iuviled ns to early dinner.
"Oit%-o-a-t I " shouted my friend, a
"Ton'l ye'e p feared of mine toggy.
for be is tied very tight uit a sthring,"
said the German.
Inside the unable but wm a eoal
cookisg-etove, a bad, a labia, and a good
, many pictures of saints, and two not
very cliwtul crucifixions (crura fi doe*
are never cheerful pictures to ess). A
very pretty German girl was standing
over the ntove, while a red-headed boy
sat on the floor and grinned, and lbs
big-faoed mother stood with her sleeves
, rolled op to receive us. There were no
extra chairs, and only one in
' the hooee.
" Wbst wages do yon gat, my good
: man ?" I swkirl
" Vd, I vorks for two to liars far a dag.
I works up by lb# path, but now I only
gets one toiler snd foofsty cents by the
] day.** Think of that reader, gift par
month to support s wife snd six children
on.
What rent do you pay f "
"Tbirty-flfe tollars for a year."
"What dors your wile do t"
"She takes oars of the ehilden and
! get hers oosL"
" How gathers coal ? "
"Vel,"aaid the old woman, advancing
to the relief of husband ; "I goes out
every morning bout seven o'clock mit
mine basket, and 1 chucks mine hands
through all the ash-barrels in front of
the great houses.**
"How long does It take you to gat
eoal enough to last you all day ?"
" I git's enough in two hours."
" Do your children work ? "
"Yw. Angelina works in Robber's
match factory, on Fifty-eeoood streak
She makes sixty cents for s day."
| " Why don't TOO leave this wretched
abode, and ge West, where the Govern-
I rornt will give you, free of expeaee, a
farm of eighty acres ?" I asked, think -
! of Mr. Greeley.
i 14 Yrl, the child era are ell girls but
one, snd they can vurk petter when they
' gita pig enough, here ia New York."
Outside, the man had a flue pig, and.
running around the rocks, a she goat,
which thvT milk daily. One girl woes
. to the Ward school, auJ she showed mr
s very nice map of Europe which ah*
! had drawn on a slats.
The traiu thai night NMSM to be
wandering about some where in the inter
ior of the s>title, through a country well
lighted by the moon, wiodv, very eold
and ratter apoctral with the anew and
bristling evergiwaoa, looking for fann
house* and cJavanieut piaoaa to atop.
And atop it did frequently, atari it did
relnctantly, and mora alnnt it deliber
ately. We got to know all the pleasant
little detail of breaking-np 'and getting
underway again. Firat the whiatle, then
a pere.ptsble riownc** of motion, than
the jerk of the brakes, and a sodden
atop, followed by a loosening of the
braae, another lunge of the ear, then a
rattle of the chain*. and a long creak or
rather sigh of relief, and the train *tood
still, ominously silent, as if dead. This
Mlenoe had something in it appalling.
It was aura to be broken, howeror, by a
uaaal voice at the end of the train ring
ing out ou the night air : " Hello. Jim "
How's lifer* "All superior," repliaa
the young man ia the baggage -car. in
the latest railroad slang.
" 8-th. send along tbem eaatin'a V
" BKb didn't oead nothing." " Seth be
hanged," end remarks follow about Seth
which 1 should not care to bear about n
friend of mine. The bell rings, the en
gine an oris, and elowly mow off. Con
versation is also carried oe inside the
oar. upon the various events of the night
"What are we stopping for now!''
"Am wa stopping ? Station probably."
"No, them ia no station here (looking
out of the frost-ooveml window, after
scraping a place); we am right in the j
open country." Will bo station here ;
train is waiting for it to grow." The
' explanation ia not satisfactory. After a
* little while the sleepless ona discover*
that the train is doing something else.
'• There, we are backing. What are we
backing for T* " Don't know; probably
ti> get Wk." " Bui we buak ever so
ranch." "Of coarse. You see," nays
1 the sleeper rousing himself to explain,
" ire have to go one hundred and forty -
fonr uiiies in ten hour*; and weoonldn't
Jo it if we didn't go backward part of
the time."—ffirdbaaoe.
(•rectos H i isaaitoge.
Poor Greece seems te be perpetually
going from bad to worse Large sums or
money are spent yearly there for the sup
pression of brigandage yet the bngwn-i
--incrraae, and are aoaieely ever brought to
justice. In two years forty-veveu persons
are known to nave been murdered by
these outlaws, twsnty-one wounded, and
nineteen released on ransoms, white of
the fate of 107 others, known to haw
been captured by tha robber bands noth
iag lias been ascertained whatever. Si*
of tbe runouvd person* had to pay, ag
gregately, at tout one hundred thousand
dollars, which i* said to ba more than the
coat of all the Greek Missions and Leg%-
tions abroad. The roads are affirmed to
be not so good a* they were in the days
of Pericles, an! tha army la shamefully
mismanaged ; and it would mil; seem
pet things could not be worse if the bri
gands had entire control of the whole
country, instead of, as now, a consider#-
ble port of it Mr. Watson, who vucoeed
ed Mr. Edward Herbert as British Secre
tary of Legation at Athens, has just pub
lished on account of the state of affairs
there, which ia dark indead. Ha says
that Greets- is hopelessly insolvent ana
hopelessly ill-governed. Athena itself ia
a beleaguered city, the number and au
dacity of tbe brigands making it quite
nuaafe to venture into the environ*, and
the annnal expendibles of the government •
for eeven jewiw, have greatly axoeeded
tha receipts. Tbei* stems to be hardly
a ray ol hope for Greece, unless eome
strong, daring mau should arise to
achicT* the patriotic work of reform, and
even such an ona, wars he Pericles him
self, could hardly change the degenerate
spirit of the jH-ople.
V*Bt Kntn.—S J. Hcetor, an ecoautrie
gentleman of Hartford, Ok, regularly
stamp* all letters held for postage in
that city, attaching to the envelope a
printed statement of the fact. The re
sponse* be lis*) received would fill a large
volume, A resident of Eiiaabetb, New
Jersey, w-ritea that Marcns L Ward be
came Gove®or of the State through that
course A Boston burglar eaya; "Hes
tor, you're a gentleman ; I am—no mat
tar what; but T got a letter you stamped
just in time to clod#© the heeke end be
j off. Here's a i-tamp, and, if I ever hap
pen in Hartford in a professional way, I
i shan't crack your bin if I know* myswt"
AH Ajmnorr.—On good authority it'
is promulgated abroad that two drops of
turpentine oil in a little milk is a com
plete antidote to phoepborons poison.
Children not uufrequently bite off the
charged end of phosphoric matches, and
awaliow them. It ia stated that a girl
was recently saved in England, who had
actually eight of them in her stomach, by
this newly discovered r®m*dy-
NO. 12.
A blew Trsla.
am.
You bold my heart la your deodar head*
la year eefct, yew creel, ssretsas hands,
In your beeartfM hands, tsanei by a breath
like the hnath ef Igs rase. It is dying It* flssth:
In your bstaufal hands wHb tbrir iHflrV
rings,
Keeh Hug s trepby that seerafufly stags
Of ether hrerts that haesUUa Uhe mfane
On yew craelly beenttfsl, pttibes ehilae.
Of OUMC hearts that hsvs yons to their death,
fhraoaed te steep hy that swadt, sweat iev#h,
Tbi btrstia of the ruas that ecmat and goes
As the sauting, tesettfal lips aedass,
When night after alght dewa toytag daaess
They follow sad follow yow daasHag kam% |
While rwaad sad round by the mart* *Mri*4
As r J WV> snd follow yea over tbs wsrti
Thca me (Set in yow slender hands,
la voor craelly heaattfUl. Pitiless hands}
Let me forever he dying my dsn-h.
Soothed to sleep by thai eweet, eweel breath. |
Let SMI fbrevsr he whtrltog there,
Leet in a toeeee dl vteety (air.
Let me forevar he strtsiea and slate,
tad dying with this IsMwii— lata.
Pacts snd PIMM.
* Chicago has 1887 saloous, of which
800 have notices*.
Why does a donkey eat a thistle f
(this puxxls you.) Because he's so ass.
All the difference—'Thaasclcwts ttrucd
their dead, the moderns asm their Bring
Two absurd young mau want to be
admitted to Vmaar College became it ia
\ m p ymr.
The average age of American clergy,
men who died last yaw was a f--action
over <1 years. |
What is birth to a man. if it shsli ba
a stain to his dead aocesUrrs to have left
such an offspring ?
Why might carpauteiu rsallf lalievs
there is no such thing as atoas ? Be*
cause they never saw it.
Why isa man never knocked down
against his will 7 Beeuu* it is impoasi
bis to fall unless inclined.
Alaska ia wetted by rain 2 days to
the year, and dampen*) by fogs nearly
100 of the remaining 125 days.
A writer from the African diamond
Adds sera he attended a Janes where
he saw a sign which read "No gentle
man admitted without pants."
Nearly two thousand miles of irrigat
ing cam. is hsvs bees projected ia CeH
forou, which, it is said, w.U protect tea
million acres of land from drought
A little gtH naked her sinter what waa
chaos, that bar papa road about? The
other replied, "It wna a grout piM of
nothing, and so place to pit It in.**
44 What should you he, dearest," said
Walter to his sweetheart. "if I was to
pesm the anal of Lore upon those sealing
wax lips?" " I should be stationary.
Petrified teem haw beau found in a
bog at Watcrford, Vt In twolostancm,
•ue huge pine stamp wss found noting
tipoj another, indicating that the tatter
tree grew after the first had fatten, the
seed having beea deposited an its stump.
We have always thought, says the New
York Exprtm, that the lad ■ might have
their ear rings of aoase practical value,
penally is travelling, if. for instance,
they would wear a food-dnsd valise is
ooe mr, sad an ordinary hroch-basket
intheethar.
A apphad to a magistrate the
other day far a warrant against a neigh
bor. saying. "She called me a thief,
TOUT honor. Cant I make her pore
feJ" 44 Perhaps yon can." quietly re
plied tbs magistrate, " but if I were
you I wouldn't do it."
A Sheboygan iWiseomda) woman eu
texed a salooa the other evening where
her hasliead was carousing. and after
coqMatnlating with a broomstick to the
bar keener aud two or three other men in
the place, soundly whaled her husband,
and then led him borne by the cottar.
Say* an HUnoia neper: Daring tha
os4d weather the cty editor of the Jack
kinvfße /owrnof trace hi* earn about a
foot deep. They am to be amputated -
at the second jotut, but his many tiienda
will be rejoiced to know that, in spite of
the accident, he stfli baa an ample stock
for all the purposes of his position
A young Frenchman, who has been
discovered in Ftiea in a oundltiau of
luasnity from disappointed love, has tha
peculiar freak of insisting that ba is
.ruilty of pasting counterfeit money. Ha
offered genuine greenbacks to aeveral
persona, and then attempted to get him
self anetted for "shoving the queer.
At a school concert tha pastor, who
prided lnu>aelf on the auieknem and
-lcmrjicas of hi* little ones, amd, " Boys,
when I beard your beautiful aoog to
night, I bad to work hard la karp my
feel still. Mo* what do yon think was
the matter with them T The answer
rame with great prromptaem "Chill
blainth 1"
The phvaicsan attending a young lady,
who bad her entire naatp taken off by
the machinery in a button factory at
Nangatock. nearly a year ego, it replse
ing the sUn by transplanting piece of
dun from other parts of bwbndy and
from other pmoon Tbrc of thi
wounded surface ia already wry anccam
fully covered.
A Bill frwm England.
I England, according to Fuaet, baa made
out quitea bill against the United States.
Among the item* charged we note (ha
following: For encouraging the Fenian*,
and patting Canada in d.end of a Fe
nian invasion, one half penny. For al
lowing Mr. G. F. Train to ba ont of a
! lunatic asylum. six pence. For the use
of the wnrta of ancient English anthora
from WM. Sbakspere downward*, and
for calling them American authors £l,-
000,000,000. For pimryoe modem Eng
lish authors, and tor not oallisg great
many of tbem American author* £IIXO,-
OOOioOO. For spoiling a west number of
decent second-rate English actor*, and
sanding them borne with the idea that
they were Keans and Kembtee, seven
shilling* and nit pence. For outraging
bomamtv by not annexing Mexico, and
patting an end to its atrocities, £1,000,-
000,000. '
Inox F.TkTisTice. —The "Fioander"
gives the following statistics of the man
ufacture of iron in the United States,
taken, doubtless, from the report of the
Iron and Steel Amoeiations : Product of
pig iron in 1871,1.850.000 ton*, namely,
made with anthracite eoal. MBAXX) tons ;
with raw < nal and oak#, 600,000, and
with charcoal, 387,000 ; number of per
sona employed in the manufacture. 140,-
000 ; vein* of the product, for transpor
tation, most therefore deduct, for trans
portation, commissions, profit*, insur
ance, taxes, Ac., at least twenty-Ave per
cent leaving for labor and materials
§60,000,000 ; or, for 300 dgya, 8300,000
pear day; that ia to my, §1.43 per day
for each of the 140,000 men. - >
A Panamas.—Bnrely, there can be no
good reason for keeping Colorado ont of
tile Union any longer, if it ie true, as re
ported, that the territorial legislature,
] iwt adjourned, passed a bill dispensing
with the tax levy lor the enrrent year be
cause the treasury wan ateeady supplied
with §uAbsent funds. The Arcadian
simplicity and happiness of a spot of
earth where e public debt is link no wu
ami where the tax gatherer coaerth not,
is something that we have' /beamed
about, but believing to be beyond the
possibility of realiration. Tfink of a
public treasury within a tboaaapd miles
of tha Atlantic coast with ready funds
enough in it to support the government
fur a year I It is among the thing* un
seen and not to be hoped for. ~-l
Bxrato AT NAKXD HOOKS.bank
note company in New York forwards to
the Treasury Department a fetter to
them from B. W. Hammond, of West
Virginia, who would like to h'dve a foe
ttimiU of United States notes'£ngnved
thus: "The United States will not pey
the bearer." This request, the writer
1 save, ia for the purpose of "getting
' something fpr tuckers alwaywveody to
• bite at naked bosks."
i A married lady complained^that her
I husband had ill-nsed her. Bar father.
1 hearing it, boxed ber ears. "Tellhim
I said the father if be beats iny daughter
r 1 will beat bis wife." Bather a pleasant
prospaot for the lady.